EMU regents will wait for 2nd report before taking action

Eastern Michigan University regents say they will not take any disciplinary action until they receive a second investiative report - this one from the U.S. Department of Education - on how the university handled the release of information in the murder of student Laura Dickinson.

The Board of Regents announced Friday it was holding off on personnel action and policy changes until it receives the federal report, which will likely be released before the end of the month.

The board had been expected to take action at its regular meeting on Tuesday following a highly critical, independent investigation released June 8 by the law firm of Butzel Long. That report concluded that EMU had violated the Clery Act, a federal law that requires timely warning of incidents that represent a threat on campus.

"We will not be prepared to consider, take or announce any significant personnel actions at that time," the regents said a prepared statement issued late Friday afternoon. "The board must be fully informed by not only the Butzel Long investigation ... but also by the findings and directives of expected in a report by the U.S. Department of Education, which has not yet been delivered."